California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ascencio, D066806 (Cal. App. 2015):
The withdrawal of a blood sample constitutes a search governed by Fourth Amendment standards. (McNeely, supra, 133 S.Ct. at p. 1558.) A blood draw requires a physical intrusion into a person's skin and veins, and constitutes "an invasion of bodily integrity" that "implicates an individual's 'most personal and deep-rooted expectations of privacy.' " (Ibid.) Accordingly, even when a driver is lawfully arrested based on probable cause of intoxication, a warrant is required for a blood draw unless the government establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that an exception to the warrant requirement rendered the warrantless blood draw constitutionally permissible. (Ibid.; see People v. Rios (2011) 193 Cal.App.4th 584, 590.)
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